Healing forest spring baths 🇩🇪

Hey there hikers!

💡 Did you know Germany is filled with free knee healing baths all over the forest and they are free??

They are often called kneippbad or roughly translated “knee baths”. I’ve seen some in Ischia near Naples too, but they are incredibly common in western Germany.

I had to explore this one as it’s more than just for the knees. You can go fully submerged! I did not do this, because March is just a little too cold for me. I almost wished I could have washed my dog becuase the very first thing she did on our hike yesterday was find some cow poop and roll in it, but I didn’t want her to freeze.

Read about it: 👉 Trail Guide for West Germany’s Largest Healing Forest shower

This trail accessible year round and is in Rhineland Pfalz in the mountains on the border with the not-yet-famous German Wine Road.

It is ideal for a Spring destination multi-day hike on the Pfalzer Weingsteig.

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